The farmers at Jones Family Farms in Shelton have been in touch with some of the elves at the North Pole and the jolly old elf has cleared his schedule to come visit with all his friends from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 19 and Sunday, Dec. 20.
Santa’s annual visit to the farm will include time for kids of all ages to spend time with Santa and have their traditional pictures taken with St. Nick.
UCONN student volunteers will again be visiting the farm as part of “HuskyTHON.”
HuskyTHON is a yearlong fundraising effort at the University of Connecticut that raises funds for the Connecticut Children’s Medical Center. They celebrate the year’s end with an eighteen hour dance marathon over the course of a weekend.
Connecticut Children’s Medical Center is a nationally recognized, non-profit children’s hospital and serves as the primary teaching hospital for UCONN’s School of Medicine.
HuskyTHON activities will take be run by UCONN student volunteers from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Jones Family Farms is open for harvest-your-own and pre-cut trees, wreaths, garland, tree stands, pine cones, kissing balls and other traditional Christmas décor.
Guests will find unique gifts in the Holiday Gatherings gift shop and be able to purchase and sample some of Jones Winery’s award-winning wines, including the special Holiday Labeled bottles.
Jones Family Farms is open daily through Christmas Eve, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. (4 p.m. close on the 24).
Jones Family Farms is off Route 110.
For more information regarding hours of operation, directions, harvest locations, harvesting tips, and other information, visitors can call Farmer Jones’ crop report number at 203 – 929-8425, visit the Jones website, their Facebook page or follow them on Twitter.
